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Would You Trade For Kemba Walker???

SI.com

“Kemba Walker, Hornets

Walker projects to be the biggest fish in the trade market. The UConn product is having the best season of his career in 2018–19, pouring in 27.9 points per game while shooting a career-high from the field and 38.3% from three. He’s an expiring contract, too. Charlotte can offer the largest contract to Walker—five years, $188 million—yet it’s likely the former NCAA champion will search for a better situation after failing to win a playoff series in each of his first seven seasons.

There won’t be a shortage of suitors should Charlotte opt to deal Walker. The Lakers would be expected to enter the mix, seeking a proven secondary scorer alongside LeBron James. Walker can mirror Kyrie Irving’s impact next to James, providing a clutch shot-maker with isolation credentials. Sacrificing Kyle Kuzma or Brandon Ingram (or perhaps a point-guard swap involving Lonzo Ball) could get a deal done.

Other intriguing destinations? Perhaps Philadelphia isn’t done star shopping. The 76ers own Miami’s unprotected 2021 first-round pick, and perhaps the Hornets will attempt to revive Markelle Fultz’s career. San Antonio could look to add another backcourt scorer, too, and the Spurs have the young capital to make a deal. Expect a robust market for the two-time All-Star.

Charlotte’s cap sheet is ugly outside of Walker. Bismack Biyombo has a $17 million option for 2019–20 that he will likely accept, and the same goes for Michael Kidd-Gilchrist at $13 million. The Hornets owe an additional $15 million to Marvin Williams and $14.5 million to Cody Zeller. The most egregious deal belongs to Nic Batum, who is slated to earn $25.6 million next season. If Charlotte can attach one of the aforementioned contracts to a Walker deal, it will go a long way to mitigating the damage done during the Rich Cho era.”

Is it worth trading for 28-yr-old Kemba... having Walker in NY during his age 29-33 seasons?

Tough call... KP wants to win now... not in 4 years. I’m not seeing it realistic NY can get a free agent next summer.

Now, we could tank and hope for Zion... then hope a max or 2 solid players commit to NY... Hope Kemba just signs with us...

Or, LAK trades for Kemba, then KD or KL go there..

Part of me wants to push chips in table now and be proactive...

Another part prefers to rebuild through draft and tank this season and not be concerned about free agency.

Both arguments are valid. But clearly the music has almost stopped on next summer’s free agent class...Kemba and KD might be last pieces.

Prospects are assets and often they’re best spent selling high... I think if they don’t believe Knits is their future starting caliber of player then flip him while his potential still inflates his value. Even if you are selling long term for next year.

Theres no way we should trade for anybody right now. Specially for someone that'll get us a few extra wins this year.

We need to rebuild thru the draft. Also we should try to acquire the best possible players in free agency. If they don't wanna sign with us then don't spend that cash on anybody else.
I'm tired of seeing us overspend on average players (timmy hardaway).
Lets take our time and do things correctly this time.

Pretty sure with any trade done with the Knicks, CHA would be looking for their 2019 1st to get into the Zion lottery. Nits for Kemba is laughable, the French Prince doesn't have that kind of trade value but I would jump at that deal if CHA values Nits that hign.

Kemba's performance are just a half a step above Mudiay's performance.
There's nothing win win bout Kemba's performance .. Hornets tried their best to trade Kemba last season .. no takers !!!

Kiy your posts are so untimely and off sometimes...I know you mean well but come on

I said last yr we should have traded for him(nothing has changed) if we wanted to show everyone we were serious about winning when they made him available after their players went down with injuries early in the season but NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooo we couldn't give up our precious little Knitty

I said again this yr and he once again is the only realistic Free Agent target we can get

Kiy your posts are so untimely and off sometimes...I know you mean well but come on

I said last yr we should have traded for him(nothing has changed) if we wanted to show everyone we were serious about winning when they made him available after their players went down with injuries early in the season but NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooo we couldn't give up our precious little Knitty

I said again this yr and he once again is the only realistic Free Agent target we can get

To be fair, Kiya was saying that Kemba isn’t a winning player. Kemba scored 60, but Charlotte still lost. Charlotte is 7 - 8. No reason to believe adding Kemba would make us a winner.

To be fair to Kemba, he's not why they're not winning. They got 2 guys they're paying $48M that scored 2 pts collectively in Batum and Biyombo. If I'm Kupchak, I do everything I can to bring Kemba back.